Dynamoelectric machine



Jan- 12, 1943 A. FISHER 2,307,774

DYNAlO-ELECTRIC HACHINE Filed Das., 3l, 1941 by MM Patented Jan: 12, i943 l nYNAMoELEo'rnIc MACHINE "\Alec Fisher, Lynn, Mass., assigner to General Electric Company, a corporation of New York Application December a1, 1941, seria: No. 425,102

21 claims (ci 111-312) My invention relates to direct-current oommutator type dynamo-electric machines and 'more particularly to an arrangement for reducing the effects of residual magnetism and hysteresisin such machines. It supplies particularly to machines wherein the armature reaction of the machine provides a source of excitation thereto.

A direct current machine of the armature reaction excitation type is a dynamo-electric machine provided with a rotor or armature having a windingformed with coils connected to a commutator oi.' the conventional direct current type. The stationary member or such a machine usually is arranged toprovide a path ol low magnetic reluctance to the magnetic flux set u-p by the armature currents, and generally is provided with various windings to improve or control the operation of the machine. The basic principle of operation of my machine is similar to that of the Rosenberg generator in that it depends upon the amature reaction iiux produced by current ilowing between-two sets of brushes for providing the desired characteristics of the machine. By providing special iield exciting windings on the stationary member, this type dynamo-electric machine may be made to provide a controllable variable voltage and variable current characteristie obtaining very high rate of response and high amplification ratio. In order to obtain these desirable features, the machine is provided with a control ileld winding or windings having very small inductance and another field exciting winding arranged to neutralize or compensate for the normal armature reaction produced by the load or secondary current o1' the machine. I have found that residual magnetism and hysteresis in such a machine often tend to impair the operation thereof.

An object of my invention is to provide a dynamo-electric machine having an improved construction for minimizing the eects of residual magnetism and hysteresis.

Another object of my invention is to provide an improved armature reaction excitation type dynamo-electric machine having a ileld exciting winding energized in a manner such as to minimize the effects of residual magnetism and hysteresis in the machine and substantially to neutralize mutual coupling of electric current in the secondary circuit of the armature with the control winding of the machine by substantially neutralizingr the secondary armature reaction.

A further object of my invention is to provide an improved armature reaction excitation type dynamo-electric machine having a ileld exciting winding energized in a manner such as .to minimize the effects of residual magnetism and hysteresis in the machine and also energized to provide a componentl of excitation to the machine which is cumulative with the primary excitation thereof and reduces the primary energizing or short-circuit current thereof.

Further objects and advantages of my invention will become apparent and my invention will be better understood from the following description referring to the accompanying drawing, and the features of novelty which characterize my invention will be pointed out with particularity .in the claims annexed to andV forming part of this speciiication. l

In the drawing Fig. 1 schematically illustrates an amature reaction dynamo-electric machine provided with an embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 schematically illustrates another embodiment of my invention; and Fig. 3 schematically illustrates a further modification of my invention.

Referring to the drawing, I have shown in Fig.

.1 an armature reaction excited dynamo-electric machine provided with a stationary member magnet frame I0 of magnetic material having a pair oimain pole pieces II and I2 adapted to provide a path of low magnetic reluctance for the,v armature reaction fluxes of the machine. The characteristics of this typemachine are based fundamentally on the-voltages induced in the amature by armature reaction excitation produced by currents flowing in an armature winding of an armature I3. This armature or rotatable member I3 is of the conventional direct current type and is adapted to be driven at a substantially constant speed by any suitable source of mechanical power. In order to provide the desired excitation to the machine, the armature reactions are adapted to be controlled by various lleld exciting windings and by arranging a set of primary brushes I4 and I5 to provide a primary circuit through the armature I3. A set of secondary brushes I6 and Il is arranged to contact the commutator of the armature I3 and is electrically displaced thereabout from the primary brushes I4 and I5 to provide a secondary circuit through the armature. With this arrangement, the primary brushes Il and I5 are substantially short-circuited through a field exciting winding including winding sections I8, I9, 2D, and 2| arranged on pole piece projections 22, 23, 24, and 25, respectively, of the main pole pieces, and these lield exciting winding sections are arranged on the pole pieces to provide direct current or unidirectional components of excitation to the pole pieces, as indicated by the arrows 26. With this arrangement, a very small amount of flux is required to induce a voltage between the primary brushes I4 and I5 to build up a relatively large primary current through that part of the armature which is connected between these brushes. This primary current will produce a component of'magnetic excitation or primary armature reaction along the primary cornmutating axis of the machine, as indicated by the arrow 21. This primary armature current will energize the quadrature eld exciting windings I8, I9, 20, and 2|, and the resultant excitation of these field exciting windings will be in the same direction and cumulative with the primary armature reaction and of the direct cur-V with a variable electric current having a peaked rent or unidirectional type. Thus. for a predcl termined primary excitation, the control field may be very small, as the primary current produces a magnetic excitation in the armature I3 which is cumulative with 'the primary excitation of the stationary member I0. As the armature rotates, the conductors which are connected between the secondary brushes I8 and I1 will cut the primaryux and a voltage will be induced between these brushes.' When a load circuit is connected to these secondary brushes, a second? ary or load current will flow through the secondary circuit of the armature and a secondary armature reaction will be produced along the wave form. 'I'his component of excitation is obtained in the illustrated arrangement by connecting an alternating current source of electrical powersupply to the field exciting winding sections I8 I9, 20, and 2| intermediate the direct current armature connections of these coils. This ener gization is provided by a peaked wave form transformer having its primary winding 38 connected to any suitable source of alternating current and its secondary winding 31 connected to commutating axis of these brushes, as indicated by the arrow 28.

In order to control the secondary or load characteristics of this machine. a eld exciting'winding 29 is arranged to provide a component of magnetic excitation Aalong the secondary commutating axis of the machine, as indicated by the arrows 30. The resultant excitation provided by this winding acts in a direction opposite to the secondary armature reaction 22 and is adapted thereby control'the voltage induced between the primary brushes. As explained in the Alexanderson and Edwards Patent 2,227,992, the sensitivity and the speed of response of the machine to variations in the energization of the control eld exciting winding 29 is increased by providing a compensating field exciting winding 33 arrangedl to provide a component of excitation which is substantially equal and opposite to the secondary armature reaction. This winding 33 is adapted to provide a component of excitation in a direction.

as indicated by the arrows 34 responsive and proportional to the secondary armature current by connecting the winding 33 in series with the secondary brush II. By such an arrangement, the excitation provided by the compensating field exciting winding 33 substantially neutralizes the magnetic back coupling of electric current in the secondary circuit of the armature with the primary circuit by substantially neutralizing the armature reaction flux along the secondary1 axis.

The accuracy of the control of this type of dynamo-electric machinecan be increased by minimizing the effects of residual magnetism and hysteresis in the machine by providing a demagnetizing exciting arrangement or alternating current component of excitation to provide comterminals 38 and 39 of the eld exciting windings I8, I9, 20, and 2I, such that adjacent pole piece projections are excited with a component of magnetic excitation of opposite polarity, as

indicated for instantaneous values by the arrows 4I. This second component source of energization periodically reverses the component of excitation provided by the field exciting winding sections I8, I9, 2U, and 2I in each polar projection in accordance with the frequency of the alternating current impressed across the primary winding 36 of the transformer providing an alternatingand pulsating component of excitation and thereby minimizes the eects of residual magnetism and hysteresis on the excitation of the machine by van alternating current component of excitation substantially independent of other components of excitation of the machine. In machines having relatively large secondary pole pieces II and I2, as in this machine. .the same beneficial results may 'beobtained by arranging the field exciting winding sections I8, I9, 20, and 2I as pole face windings in the faces of the pole pieces I I and I2 to provide the above components of excitation thereto.

In Fig. 2, Ihave shown another embodiment of my improved armature reaction excited dynamo-electric machine provided with a sta-l tionary member magnet frame 4I of magnetic material having pole pieces 42, 43, 44 and 45 ar' ranged to provide a path of low magnetic reluctance furthe armature reaction iiux and the ileld excitation of the machine. This machine is provided with an armature or rotatable member 48 of the conventional direct current type which is adapted to be driven at a substantially constant speed by any suitable source of mechanical power. As in the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the armature reactions of the machine are utilized to provide the desired characteristics thereto. These amature reactions are obtained by arranging a set of primary brushes 4`I and 48 to provide a primary circuit through the armature and a set of secondary brushes 49 and 50 arranged in circumferentially spaced apart relationship with re spect to the primary brushes and in contact with the commutator of the armature 46 to provide a secondary or load' circuit through the armature. In order to control the secondary or load char acteristics of the machine. a eld exciting winding 5I is arranged to provide components of magnetic excitation, as indicated by the v'arrows 52,

which provides a resultant component oi maging axis of the machine. With such an arrangement, a very small amount of flux is required to induce a voltage between the primary brushes, and these primary brushes 41 and 43 are substantially short circulted through a short-circuiting ileld exciting winding including winding sections 53, 54, 55. and 58 arranged on pole pieces 42, 43, 44, and 45, respectively, to provide direct current or unidirectional components of magnetic excitation to these `pole pieces, as indicated by the arrows 51. Thus, a relatively large primary current will now through the primary circuit of the amature, producing a primary amature reaction as indicated by the arrow 53. substantially in the same direction as the resultant magnetic excitation produced by the short-circuitmg neld exciting windings 53, 54, 55, and 56. Thus, the total 4primary excitation of the machine comprises the summation o! these two resultant excitations and for a. predetermined primary excitation, the control field may be very small. As the armature rotates, the armature winding conductors which are connected between the secondary brushes 49 and 53 will cut the primary excitation ilux, and

` decrease the sensitivity and the speed oi' response of the machine to variations in the energization of the control eld exciting winding 5| which may be provided by am' suitable control device, such as a variable resistor 60. In order to improve the sensitivity oi the` machine, a compensating field exciting winding including winding sections SI, 32, 63, and 84 is arranged on the pole pieces 42, 43, 44,- and 45, respectively. This compensating winding is adapted to provide a component of excitation in a direction, as indicated by the arrows 35, responsive and proportional to the secondary amature current by connecting this compensating winding in series with the secondary brush 53. With such an arrangement, the excitation provided by the compensating neld exciting Winding substantially neutralizes magnetic back coupling oi electric current in the secondary circuit of the armature with the primary circuit by substantially neutralizing the armature reaction flux along the secondary commutating axis of the machine.

The emciency oi the control of this machine also can be increased by minimizing the eilects of residual magnetism and hysteresis on the machine by providing a demagnetizing exciting arrangement which has substantially no eil'ect on the main poles of the machine. This may be produced by providing components of magnetic excitation of opposite or reversed polarity to adjacent pole pieces and thereby minimizing the inductance eiect of this excitation with the other ileld exciting windings of the machine. In this embodiment, the demagnetizing component oi excitation is provided by connecting the field exciting winding sections 53, 54, 55, and 56 to an alternating current source of electrical power supply in a manner similar to that of the arrangement shown in Fig. l. This second component source of energization is provided by a peaked wave form transformer $6 having its primary winding 61 connected to any suitable source of alternating current and its secondary winding E3 connected to terminals 69 and 13 oi the field exciting windings 53, 54, 55, and 58, and these windings are arranged on the pole pieces such that adjacent pole pieces are excited with an alternating and pulsating component ot magnetic excitation of opposite polarity, the instantaneous direction of whichV is indicated by the arrows 1I. Thus, the demagnetizing component of excitation is provided to the machine without additional field exciting windings which is substantially independent of other components of excitation or with substantially no resultant mutual inductance effect between the excitation of this winding and other field exciting windings oi' the machine.

In Fig. 3, I have shown an armature reaction excited dynamo-electric machine provided with a stationary member 12 of magnetic material having pole pieces 13, 14, 15, and 18 adapted to provide a path ot low magnetic reluctance for the armature reaction ilux of the machine. This machine is provided with an armature or rotatable member 11 of the conventional direct current type which is adapted to be drivenl at a substantially constant speed by any suitable source ot mechanical power. As in the other illustrated machines, the armature reactions oi the machine are utilizedto provide the desired characteristics thereto. These armature reactions are obtained by arranging a set of primary brushes 13 and 18 to provide a primary circuit through the armature 11, and these brushes are short circuited by an external conductor 33. A setoi secondary brush 3l and 32 is arranged to contact the commutator o! the'armature 11 and is electrically displaced thereabout from the primary brushes 13 and-13 to provide a secondary circuit through the amature. Withthis-brush arrangement, a very small amount of flux is required to induce a voltage between the primary brushes to build up a relatively large primary current through that part of the armature winding which is connected between these brushes. This primary current will produce a component of magnetic excitation or primary armature reaction along the primary commutating axis of the machine, as indicated by the arrow 33. As the armature rotates, the conductors which are connected between the secondary brushes 3| and 32 will cut the primary amature reaction flux and a voltage will be induced between these brushes. When a load circuit is connected to these secondary brushes, a secondary or load current will flow through the secondary circuit of the armature and a secondary armature reaction will be produced along the com- -mutating axis of these brushes, as indicated by the arrow 34.

In order to control the secondary or load characteristics of this machine, a field exciting winding 35 is arranged to provide a component of magnetic excitation along the secondary commutating axis of the machine, as indicated by arrows 36. As shown, the resultant excitation provided by this winding on the four pole pieces acts in a direction opposite to the secondary armature reaction 34, and is adapted to induce an electromotive iorce in the armature winding between the primary brushes 18 and 18. Any suitablemeans may be provided to vary the energization of this winding to control the excitation thereof and thereby control the voltage induced between the primary brushes. The sensitivity and speed oi response creased by providing a compensating field exciting Winding 81 arranged to provide a componentof excitation which is substantially equal and opposite to the secondary armature reaction 84. This winding 8l is adapted to provide a direct current or unidirectional component of 'excitation in a.

direction as indicated by arrows 8 andproportional to the secondary armature current by connecting the winding 81 in series with the secondary brushv 8i. An analysis of the excitation provided by the field exciting windings 85 and Il shows that while these windings are arranged on vfour pole pieces, each is adapted to provide two resultant poles, so that there are one-half as many primary poles and one-half as many secondary poles as the number of salient pole pieces on the stationary 'member of the machine; that is, such that the field exciting windings and 81 are arranged on the pole pieces to provide a resultant pole for each pair of adjacent pole pieces, and the excitation of the ileld exciting windings 81 in neutralizing secondary armature reaction substantially neutralizes mutual coupling of electric current in the armature secondary circuit with the control iield exciting windings 85.

The accuracy oi the control of this type of dynamo-electric machine also can be increased by minimizing the eiect oi' residual magnetism and hysteresis in the machine by providing a demagnetizing exciting arrangement to provide components of magnetic excitationof opposite or reversed polarity to adjacent pole pieces, thereby minimizing the inductance eiIect oi this excitation with the other eld exciting windings of the machine and provides an alternating component of excitation substantially independent of other components of excitation of the machine. This component of excitation is obtained in the illustrated arrangement by connecting an alternating current source of electrical power supply to the field exciting winding 85 intermediate the direct current series connected winding coils; that is, between windings on adjacent pole pieces forming single poles for the compensating arrangement. This energization is provided by a peaked wave form transformer 89 having its primary winding 90 connected to any suitable source of alternating current and its secondary winding 8| connected to terminals 92 and 93 oi' the field exciting windings 8l, such that adjacent pole pieces are excited with a component oi magnetic excitation of opposite polarity, instantaneous value of which is indicated by the arrows 94. This second component source of energization periodically reverses the component of excitation provided by the field exciting windings 8l in each pole piece in accordance with the frequency of the alternating current impressed across the primary of the transformer 89 providing an alternating and pulsating component of excitation and thereby minimizes the eiiects of residual magnetism and hysteresis on the excitation of themachine. I have found that by providing this iield exciting winding arrangement and excitation system, it is possible to obtain a greater accuracy in the control of the characteristics of this type dynamoelectric machine with a minimum amount of field exciting windings, thereby decreasing the inductance of the machine.

While I have illustrated and described particular embodiments of my invention, modiiications thereof will occur to those skilled in the art.

Letters Patent of the United States, is:

-1..A dynamo-electric machine having a .stationary member and a rotatable member provided with a commutator, a set of primary brushes and a set of secondary brushes circumferentially displaced about said commutator from said primary brushes arranged to provide ,a primary and a secondary circuit respectively through said rotatable member, means for controlling the secondary characteristics of said machine, and means including a neld exciting winding providing a direct ary member and an armature provided with a commutator, a set of primary brushes and a set of secondary brushes circumferentially displaced about said commutator from said primary brushes adapted to provide a primary and a secondary circuit respectively through said armature, means including a iield exciting winding for providing a direct current component of excitation along substantially the same axis as a component of armature reaction produced by electric current in said armature, and means being connected to said winding for providing a component of energization thereto including an alternating electric current and said winding being arranged on said stationary member for minimizing the eiects of residual magnetism and hysteresis on said machine by providing an alternating current component of excitation, substantially independent of said mst-mentioned component of excitation oi said iield exciting winding without substantial interference with said first-mentioned component of excitation provided by said winding.

3. A dynamo-electric machine having a stationary member and an armature, means including eld exciting windings for providing a cornponent of excitation substantially in opposition to a component of armature reaction produced by electric current in said armature, and means for providing a second component of energization to said field exciting winding including a variable peaked wave form ,electric current for minimizing the effects of residual magnetism and hysteresis on said machine by providing an alternating current ,omponent of excitation substantially independent of said iirst-mentioned component of excitation of said field exciting winding without svibstantial interference with said rst-rnentioned component of excitation provided by said windlng.

4. A dynamo-electric machine having a stationary member and a rotatable member provided With a commutator, a set of primary brushes and a set of secondary brushes circumferentiaily displaced about said commutator from said primarv brushes arranged to provide a primary and a secondary circuit respectively through said ratomi tatable member, means for controlling the secondary characteristics oi said machine,'and means for substantially neutralizing mutual coupling oi `8. A dynamo-electric machine having'a sta- `tionary member and a rotatable' member provided with a commutator, a set of primary brushes and a set of secondary brushes circumferentially dis- 5. A dynamo-electric machine having a stationary member and an armature provided with a commutator, a set of primary brushes and a set of secondary 'brushes circumferentially ldisplaced about said commutator from said primary brushes adapted to provide a primary and a secondary circuit respectively through lsaid armature, means including a held exciting winding for providing a component of excitation substantially in the same direction as the component of armalture reaction produced ,by electric current in said primary circuit, and means connected to said winding for substantially simultaneously providing a second component of energization thereto for minimizing the `effects of residual magnetism and hysteresis on said'machine without substantial interferencewith said mst-mentioned component of excitation provided by said winding'.

6.1i dynamo-electric machine having a sta-v tionary member provided with pole pieoesand a rotatablemembery provided withfa commutator, a set oi primary bnishes and a set oi secondary brushes circumierentially displaced about said commutator from said primary brushes and placed about said commutator from said-primary brushes arranged to provide a primary and a secondary circuit respectively through said rotatable member, means for controlling the secondary characteristics of said machine, means including ileld exciting windings for substantially neutralizing mutual coupling of electric current in said secondary circuit of said rotatable member with said controlling means, and auxiliary energizing means for said eld exciting windings for minimizing the eiiects of residual magnetism and hysteresis on said machine by providing an alternating component of excitation substantially independent of said first-mentioned component oi' excitation of said'ileld exciting winding without substantially interfering with said neutralizing action.

9. A dynamo-electric machinehavinga station--` ary member and a rotatable member provided with a commutator, a set of primary brushes and a set of secondary brushes circurnierentially displaced about said commutator from said primary brushes adapted to provide a primary and a secondary circuit respectively .through said rotatable member, means including held exciting adapted to provide a primary andsecondary cir:

cuit respectively through said rotatable member,

means including field exciting windings for providing a component oi excitationresponsive to primary circuit electric current andbeing-"ar ranged on said pole piecesto provide a resultant pole for each pair of adjacent pole pieces in the same directionas amature reaction oi primary circuit electric current, and means ior providing a second component of energization to said field excitingwindings ior minimizing the eilfects oi j Aresidual and hysteresis on said machineby providing an alternating current component oi excitation substantially independent oi said first'- windings for providing a component of excitation responsive to the load on said machine along substantially the same axis and lin opposition to armature reaction excitation of electric current in said secondary circuit, and a second means for yproviding a component of energization to said iield exciting windings by-a variable electric cur- .rent for minimizing the eiects of residual magnetism and hysteresis on said machine by providing an alternating component of excitation substantially independentoi said nrst-mentioned 1 component oi excitation oi said eld exciting winding without substantial interference with the resultant excitation of said'loadresponsive com- 'l ponent energization of said windings. v

- 10.-A dynamo-electric machine having a eta ltionari'r'meinber and a rotatable member providedl with a commutator, a set of primary brushes and g a setoi secondary brushes circumierentially dis v placed about said commutator `from' -said primary mentioned component oi excitation of said eld t .exciting winding without substantially interfering with said neutralizing action of said windings. '1. A dynamo-electric machine having a stationary member and an armature provided with o! secondarybnishes circumi'erentially displaced about said commutator from said primary brushes adapted to provide aprimary and a secondary cir- I cuit respectively through said armature, means including a field exciting winding for providinga component of excitation substantially in opposi-y tion to a component oi armature reaction prol a commutator, a set oi primary brushes and a set duced by electric vcurrent vin said armature` secondary circuit, and means for providing a.

second component of energization to said held exciting winding by a variable electric current i'or minimizing the eiiects oi residual magnetism and hysteresis on said machine by providing an alternating component oi excitation substantially brushes adapted to provide a* primary andA a' secondary circuit respectively through said rotat-L able membenmeans including field exciting windings i'or providing a component of excitation responsive to the load on said machine along substantially the same axis and in opposition to armature reaction excitation oi electric current inlsaid secondary circuit, and a second means for providing a component oi energization to said v field exciting windings including a variable peaked 'wave iorm electric current for minimizing the eiTects of. residual magnetism and hysteresis on.

said byproviding an .alternating com-1 -v ponent oiexcitation substantially independent df -eaid tiret-mentionedv component o! excitation oi' 'Y said held exciting winding withoutv substantial interterence with said load responsive component energization o1 said windings onsaid rotatable member.

independent oi said mst-mentioned component of excitation of said neld exciting winding without substantial interference with said first-men- .tioned component oi excitation provided by said 1l. A dynamo-electric machine having 'a stationary member and a rotatable member provided with a commutator, a set of primary brushes and a set ci secondary brushes circumierentiallydisl placed about said commutator from said primary brushes adapated to provide a primary and a secondary circuit respectively .through said rotatable member,mean s including ileld exciting wind ber, means including eld exciting windings for ings for providing a component of excitation reproviding a component oi excitation responsive to sponsive to the load on said machine along sub-- i secondary circuit electric current and being arstantially the same axis and in opposition to ranged on said pole pieces to provide a resultant amature reaction excitation oi electric current pole for each pair of adjacent pole pieces in oppoin said secondary circuit, and a second means sition to armature reaction oi' secondary circuit :or providing a component oi' energizatlon to electric current, and a second means arranged to said :held exciting windings including an alterprovide a component of energization to said field nating electric current for minimizingthe eilects exciting windings by a variable peaked wave form of residual magnetism and hysteresis on said maelectric current for. minimizing the effects of chine by providing an alternating component of residual magnetism and hysteresis on said maexcitation substantially independent oi said rstchine by providing an alternating component o mentionedcomponent or excitation of said eld excitation substantially independent of said firstexciting winding without substantial interference mentioned component of excitation of said field i with said load responsive component of enerexciting winding without substantially interfering gization of said winding on said rotatable mem. with the resultant excitation of said load responber. i sive component of energization of said windings.

' 12. A dynamo-electric machine having a sta- 15. A dynamo-electric machine having a sta tlonary member provided with pole pieces and ationary member provided with pole pieces and a rotatable member provided with a commutator, rotatable member provided with a commutator, a set of primary brushes and a set oi secondary s. set of primary brushes and a set of secondary brushes circum-ierentially displaced about said. brushes circumferentially displaced about Asaid -conzunutatorv from said primary brushes and commutator from said primary brushes and adapted to provide a primary and secondary ciradapted to provide a primary and a secondary cuit respectively through said rotatable member, circuit respectively through said rotatable memmeans including eld'exciting windings for prober, means including eld exciting windings for viding a component oi excitation responsiveto providing a component of magneticexcitation secondary circuit electriccurrent and being arresponsive to secondary circuit electric current ranged on said pole pieces to provide a resultant and being arranged on said pole pieces to provide pole for each pairoi adjacent pole pieces in oppoa resultant pole for each lpair of adjacent' pole sition to amature reaction oi secondary circuitv pieces in opposition to armature reaction of electric current substantially to neutralize sirma-a secondary circuit electric current substantially ture reaction. of said secondary circuit current, to neutralize armature reaction of said secondary and means for providing a component of enercircuit current, and a second means arranged to gization to said field exciting windings for miniprovide a component of energization to said field mining the enects of residual' and hysteresis on exciting windings for minimizing the eiects of said machine by providing an alternating comresidual magnetism and hysteresis on said maponent oi excitation substantially independent oi v chine by providing an alternating component of said first-mentioned component .of excitation o excitation substantially independent or said firstsaid held exciting winding without substantially fio mentioned component of excitation or said neid interfering with said neutralizing action oi said exciting winding without substantially interferwindings. ing with said load responsive component of ener- 13. A dynamelectric machine having a stagization of said windings on said rotatable memtionary member provided with pole pieces and a ber. rotatable member provided with a commutator, a '16. A dynamo-electric machine having a staset ci primary brushes and a set o! secondary tionary member provided with pole pieces and a brushes electrically displaced about said commurotatable member provided with 'a commutator, tator from said primary brushes and'adapted to a set of primary brushes and a 'set of secondary provide a primary and a secondary circuit recipesbrushes circumferentially displaced about said tively through said rotatable member, means in-- commutator from said primary brushes and cluding eld exciting windings for providing a adapted to provide a primary and a secondary circomponent o magnetic excitation responsive to cuit respectively through said rotatable member,

secondary circuit electric current and being ar means including field exciting windings for proranged on said pole pieces to provide a resultant viding a component of excitation responsive to pole for each pair of adjacent pole pieces in opposecondary circuit electric current and being arsition to armature reaction of secondary circuitranged on said pole pieces to provide a resultant electric current, and a second means for providing pole for each pair o adjacent pole pieces in oppoa component of energization to said eld exciting sition to armature reaction 'of said secondary cirl windings for minimizing the eiects of residual cuit electric current, and a second means armagnetism and hysteresis on said machine with ,60 ranged to provide a component of energization out substantially interfering with the resultant tosaid eld exciting windings by a variable peaked excitation of said load responsive component of wave form electric current for minimizing the i energization of said windings, said second enereects of residual magnetism and hysteresis on gization means being connected to said field exsaid machine without substantially interfering citing windings for providing components of magwith the resultant excitation of said load responnetic excitation oi opposite polarity to adjacent sive component of energization of said windings, pole pieces of said stationary member. said second energization means being connected la. A dynamo-electric machine having a stato said eld exciting windings for providing comtionary member provided with pole pieces and a ponents oi magnetic excitation of opposite porotatable member provided with a commutator, larity to adjacent pole pieces of said stationary a set o primary brushes and a set of secondary member.

brushes circumferentially displaced about said 17. A dynamo-electric machine having a stacommutator from said primary brushes and tionary member and an armature provided with adapted to provide a primary and a secondary a commutator, a set 'of primary brushes and a circuit respectively through said rotatable memset of secondary brushes circumferentially displaced about said commutator from said primary brushes adapted to provide a. primary and a secj ondary circuit respectively through said armature, means including a neld exciting winding for providing a direct current component of excita- .tion along substantially the same axis as the component of armature reaction produced by electric current in said armature primary circuit, and means being connected to said winding and said I winding being arranged on said stationary member for providing an alternating current component of energization thereto for minimizing the effects of residual magnetism and hysteresisl with a ccmmutator, a set of primary brushes and a set or secondary brushes circumferentially displaced about said commutator from said primary brushes adapted to provide a primary and a secondary circuit respectively through said rotatable member, means including iield exciting windings for providing a direct current component of excitation responsive to electric current in said primary circuit oi said machine along substantially the same axis as armature reaction excitation of electric current in said primary circuit, and a second means for' providing an alternating current component ofenergization to said eld exciting windings for minimizing the effects of residual magnetism and hysteresis on said machine by providing an alternating component of excitation substantially independent of said ilrst- -mentioned component of excitation ofA said tield exciting -winding without substantial interference with said primary circuit current responsive com,-

' ponent of energization ofsaid windings on said rotatable member.I

' 19. A dynamo-electric machine having a stationary member provided with pole pieces and a rotatable member provided with a commutator, a set of primary brushes and a set of secondary brushes electrically displaced about said commutator from saidlprimary brushes and adapted to provide a primary and a secondary circuit respectively through said rotatable member, ,means including a second field exciting winding for providing a component of magnetic, excitation responsive to primary circuit electric current and being arranged on said pole pieces to provide a resultant pole for each pair of adjacent pole pieces in the same direction as armature reaction `ci? primary circuit electric current, and a second means for providing a component of energization to said second field exciting winding for minimizling the eifcts of residual magnetism and hysteresis on said machine without substantially interieringgwith the resultant excitation of said primary circuit current responsive component of energization of said second winding, said second energization means being connected to said second tleld exciting winding i'or providing components n of magnetic excitation of opposite polarity to adjacent pole pieces of said stationary member.

20. A dynamo-electric machine having a stationary member and an armature provided with 5 a commutator, a set of primary brushes and a set ot secondary brushes circumferentially displaced about said commutator from said primary brushes .adapted to provide a-primary and a secondary circuit respectively through said armature. means including field exciting windings-for providing a component of excitation responsive to electric curstantially in the same direction as the component l.

rent in 4said primary circuit of said machine along substantially the same axis as armature reaction excitation of electric current in said primary circuit, means including a second field exciting winding for providing a component of excitation suboi armature reaction produced by electric current in said armature primary circuit, said winding being arranged on said stationary member and means being connected to said winding for providing a component or energization thereto including an alternating electric current for minimizing the eiects of residual magnetism and ,I

hysteresis on said machine by providing an alternating component of excitation substantially independent ci said mst-mentioned component ot excitation of said field exciting winding without substantial interference with said first-mentioned component of excitation provided by said wind- 21. A dynamo-electric machine having a stationary member provided with pole pieces and a rotatable member provided .with a commutator, a set of primary brushes and a set of secondary brushes electrically displaced about said commutator from said primary brushes and adapted .to provide a primary and a secondary circuit respectively through said rotatable member, means in-- cluding iield exciting windings for providing a component of magnetic excitation responsive to secondary circuit electric currentand being ar-v ranged on said pole pieces to provide a resultant `:101e for each pair of adjacent pole pieces in opposition to armature reaction of secondary circuit electric current, means including a second neld'- exciting winding for providing acomponent voiv magnetic excitation responsive to primary circuit electric current and being arranged on said pole `piecesto provide a resultant pole for each pair of adjacent pole pieces in the same direction as armature reaction of primary circuit electric current, and a second means for providing a component of energization to said second field ex- 'citing winding for minimizing the effects of ref sidual magnetism land hysteresis on said machine without substantially interfering with the resultant'excitation of said primary circuit current responsive component of energization of said second winding, said second energization means being connected to said second neld exciting winding for providing components of magnetic excitation of opposite polarity to adjacent v member.

pole pieces of said stationary 

